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Flickr Creative Commons/A new Ohio voter I.D. law will make it difficult for college students who live in Ohio, but came from another state to vote in their local elections. -
Karen Kasler/Statehouse News BureauRepublican Secretary of State Frank LaRose said he's generally opposed to August special elections, but if lawmakers want to revive them for a vote to make amending the constitution harder before a reproductive rights amendment this fall, he's ok with that.
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Some think a lawsuit filed last week, asking the Ohio Supreme Court to take action, could stop the current petitions from being accepted. -
Now it's up to a conference committee to smooth out the differences between the Ohio House and Senate, with the deadline a week away.
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Ohio lawmakers likely won't be able to do what they did when a marijuana legalization amendment was on the ballot in 2015
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The House Speaker has quashed a plan to bring back the August special election for the purpose of voting on a proposal to require 60% voter approval for constitutional amendments, three months before a vote on a reproductive rights amendment.
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Republican lawmakers who oppose abortion want to make 60% the new threshold for amending the Ohio constitution. On this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss the rush for a special election in August, before a possible abortion rights vote in November. Ohio Public Radio Statehouse News Bureau Chief Karen Kasler joins the show.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentThe EPA proposed the first federal limits for the toxic “forever chemicals.” If they take effect, they would mean big changes for Ohio’s water utilities.
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Two Republicans propose measures that make it more likely that a statewide vote on toughening the process of amending the Ohio constitution will happen in August, three months before a reproductive rights amendment would go before voters.
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Activists and volunteers with Ohio chapters of the group Moms Demand Action gathered in Columbus to meet with state lawmakers, who've been expanding gun rights in the last decade.
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The sponsor of the resolution to require 60% voter approval to amend Ohio's constitution was met with dozens of citizens concerned and upset about the proposal and its timing.
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Opponents of the “equal parenting” bill, including a Republican former Ohio Supreme Court justice, say it takes the focus off the child and puts it onto parents.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentRight now, there are no bills under consideration that would require staffing ratios in medical facilities in Ohio.
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A key Republican leader said there's a possibility the 60% voter approval plan could go to a statewide vote in August, three months before an amendment that guarantees reproductive rights could be voted on in November.
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Among the proposed initiatives was the creation of a rental registry, which would charge landlords a fee that would go toward eviction assistance.
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The crime survivors say more than two dozen states already have legislation that does that on their books.
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The bill from Republicans in the Ohio Senate would ban mandatory diversity training, prohibit strikes by public university employees and end partnerships with Chinese institutions.
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The so-called "Backpack Bill" would allow parents of most private school students in Ohio to get state-funded vouchers.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentOhio's attorney general has filed a 58-count complaint against Norfolk Southern seeking recovery of costs, damages and civil penalties for the derailment, which he said was "entirely avoidable."
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The trial of former House Speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party Chair Matt Borges showed ways in which powers were abused and oversight was absent.
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Columbus City Council will vote Monday night on the purchase of 10 additional software licenses to help process evidence more quickly.
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Tyler Fehrman's testimony closed out the prosecution's case against Republican former House speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges.
